Candy-pulling machine.



No. 881,442. PATFTED MAR. 10,1908 E. M. ROBINSON & J. H. DBITBR.

CANDY PULLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12. 1902.

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CANDY PULLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I' ILED JULY 12. 1902.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED s'rATEs PATENT OFFICE.

EDWA ltl) M. ROBINSON A-N I) JMOB ll. DEI'lElt, ()l LANVASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS, BY NESNE ASSIUNMIJN'lfi/FO HERBERT if. lllLDRlfi'lll, ()l" BOSTON, .lASSACllL'SE'lTS.

. I CANDY-PULLING MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 10, 1,908.

Applicationfiled July 12, 1902. Serial No. 115,252.

son' and JACOB H. DEITER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Lancaster, county of Lancaster, and State of Penns vl- 1 Vania, have invented certain Improvements 1 ends of base 1 and having longitmlinallyin CandyPulling Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines adapted to take the place of hand- Z labor in pulling candy; and the objects oi these improvementsare to simplify the construction ofsuch machines, to lessen the cost of manufacturing the same, and to reduce the amount of power necessary to operate them.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of the several parts, as l hereinafter fully described, and then pointed out in theclaims.

The invention illustrated in the aceom-i panying drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1, is a top perspective view of a construction embodying our invention; Fig. 2, a rear-elevation oi' the same, showing the mannor in which the operating mechanism is applied; Fig. 3, a top plan view of the machine; I and Fig. 4 a vertical transverse section on broken line 4---4 of Fig. 3. Figs. 5, (i, 7 S and 9 illus rate various relative positions of the stretching arms. V

Similar numerals indicate like parts throughout the'several views.

For the purposes of this specification the 1 side of the machine on which the ope 'ating l mechanism is located will be taken to be the back or rear and the opposite side the front.

Referring to the details of the drawing, 1 indicates the base, having a forward central extension 2. I

3 and 4 indicate posts located at opposite disposed parallel stringers 5 and 6 connecting the same and framed into the sides ol 5 their upper ends, so as to leave a slot, or opening 7 between them. ln brackets S on the rear lace ol' stringer 5 is journaled, longitudinally ol' said stringer, a shaft 9 having thereon beveled pinio'ns 10, that mesh with beveled gears l l on the rear ends of shal'ts 1'2, extending through stringer-s5 and 6 and having on their l'ront ends crank-shapml arms 1314 and 1& H), the elongated wrists 14 and 19 whereof extend forward over base 1. Motion is imparted to shaft 9 through a pulley 15- and a belt, or by means ot a crank, or in any other desirable manner. As shown in Figs. .2 and 3, the gearing is so disposed as to revolve the shafts 12 in opposite direct-ions, with their respective crank shaped arms.

Opposite the center oi the space separating shafts 12 is a standard is. bolted to extension 2 ol the base, and extending rearwardly from the upper end -o 'aid standard is a stationary arm 17. projecting to and within the circumference of the movement of wrists 14 and 19. w

In operation, the revolution of crankarms l3--land 1S19 pulls the candy around, under, and over stationary arm 17, wlnch acts as a counter to produce tension or stretch the candy between itself and said arms 13-l4 and lS---19 and also between said arms. This operation is illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, 7, S and 9, wherein the mass of candy is shown in Fig. 5 1n the' position occupied thereby when first placed in the macbine, and in Figs. 6, 7, S and 9 successively in various positions into which it is thrown during the operation of pulling. Each mass of candy passes through these various positions time and again, until sulliciently pulled.

'0 do not conline ourselves to the use of any special gearing for operating our candypulling machine: nor do we restrict ourselves lo the relative location of the rcvoluble and. slaiiomrry arms; neither do we confine ourselves to other details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations may be made therein without departing from the principle and scope of our invention. 1

Having thus described our invent ion, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

l. The combination, in a device of the character described, of a plurality of revoluble arms, one of said arms revolving in one direction and another of said arms revolvin in another direction, and stationary means. [or creating tension in inatlcr carried by said arms.

2, The combination, in 'adevici' ol'dhe character described, of an arm rcvbluble in one direction, an arm revoluble in another direction, and located between said arms means for creating tension in matter carried lhercbv.-

3. The combination, in a device of the character described, of an arm revoluble in lot Iii

one direction, an arm. revoluble in another direction, and located midway between said arms means for creating tension in matter carried thereby.

4-. The combination, in a device of the character described, of an arm revoluble in one direction, an arm revolublc In another direction, and located midway between said arms stationary means for creating tension in matter carried thereby.

The combination, in a device of the character described, of an arm revoluble in one direction, an arm revoluble in another direction, and located opposite and between said arms means for creating tension in matj ter carried thereby.

6. The combination, in a device of the character described, of two revoluble arms, a stationary arm located opposite and between said revoluble arms and projecting to and within the circumference of the movement of the revolublc arms, and means for moving, said revoluble arms in opposite directions.

7. The combination, in a device of the character described, of a shaft, pinions on said shaft and beveled on opposite sides, crank-arms having beveled gears meshing with the ninions, and a stationary arm located opposite and between said crank-arms and projecting to and within the circumference of the movement of said CIiLlllC-SLIIHS.

EDVARD M. ROBINSON. JACOB H. DEITER.

l/Vitncsses:

C. G. BASSLER, WM. R. GERF'IART. 

